Here's just a funny story which I know you all can relate to. I'm sitting in Wendy's today having lunch when I notice a local grocery store accros the street. "hmmm", I think to myself, "wonder if they have a new copy of METAL MANIACS or REVOLVER?" I woof down my burger and go check it out. (I'm off that @#$@#% Atkins, finally! Lost 40 lbs though!) Anyway, sure enough, there's a copy of the new Metal Maniacs! I pick it up and can't wait to get in the car and read a little for the rest of my lunch break...Here's where the drama ensues...
I get up to the register and there's an older lady, about 45 to 50 and she gives me a scowl from hell. She looks at the mag and says "oooooookay" sarcastically. Me, being rather laid back in a typical souther white male kind of way, said "Hey, that's good stuff there!" trying to joke and make light of her obvious disgust. She then informs me that SHE thinks 1. Metal SUCKS and that 2. ALL rock music sucks and that 3. I'm too old to be reading that anyway.
Hmmmm. Most people would blow up in this situation. I just said, "Well...I do like all forms of music, metal being my favorite, but it's a shame that certain people limit themselves to only one form. Furthermore, whatever music YOU prefer I may hate or love myself, but I damn sure wouldn't criticize YOU for liking it. It's a free country. ALSO, ma'am, I'm sure the manager wouldn't like the idea of you discouraging a person from PURCHASING a product sold in his store thereby providing him with a profit that helps in part to pay YOUR salary. would he? " I said it just about like that. She about shit a miata. She said no more and I bid her good day. I just had to vent this one. If she'd have said the same to anyone else about any other magazine she may have gotten jacked...or WOULD she have said anything else to somebody purchasing "Field and Stream" or even "Vogue"?
It's a sorry world.
Ted
I get up to the register and there's an older lady, about 45 to 50 and she gives me a scowl from hell. She looks at the mag and says "oooooookay" sarcastically. Me, being rather laid back in a typical souther white male kind of way, said "Hey, that's good stuff there!" trying to joke and make light of her obvious disgust. She then informs me that SHE thinks 1. Metal SUCKS and that 2. ALL rock music sucks and that 3. I'm too old to be reading that anyway.
Hmmmm. Most people would blow up in this situation. I just said, "Well...I do like all forms of music, metal being my favorite, but it's a shame that certain people limit themselves to only one form. Furthermore, whatever music YOU prefer I may hate or love myself, but I damn sure wouldn't criticize YOU for liking it. It's a free country. ALSO, ma'am, I'm sure the manager wouldn't like the idea of you discouraging a person from PURCHASING a product sold in his store thereby providing him with a profit that helps in part to pay YOUR salary. would he? " I said it just about like that. She about shit a miata. She said no more and I bid her good day. I just had to vent this one. If she'd have said the same to anyone else about any other magazine she may have gotten jacked...or WOULD she have said anything else to somebody purchasing "Field and Stream" or even "Vogue"?
It's a sorry world.
Ted
Yeah what does a Papa Roach fan know about metal. Dipshit.
Awesome.
hahahaha ..... But anyway Lil ol ladies see right through the Loud Bombastic Metal Raging motherfucker thing lol I havnt heard anyshit for being a MetalHead for almost 8 years ..... Which is fine I would hate to have to kill anybody and sacrifice them to my gods
Thats Priceless
